The impact of the cost of living crisis on Disabled people’s mental health & income

Study by Evenbreak

New study shows disabled people are struggling to earn enough money and their mental health has been negatively impacted by the cost of living crisis, according to a recent survey.

Evenbreak surveyed over 3,000 disabled people with the market research company YouGov.

The social enterprise, which is run by and for disabled people, found that 47% have been negatively impacted by the cost of living crisis, and 30% of disabled people said their current income is no longer enough to live on as a result.

There are also many disabled people looking for jobs with higher incomes (14%) or looking for additional work (19%).

Jane Hatton, CEO of Evenbreak, said: “It is a challenging time for many people, and we wanted to understand how disabled people are feeling about facing the cost of living crisis”. 

Disabled people were disproportionately affected by the pandemic and already pay an uplift in living costs of £583 per month on average*. This latest research demonstrates the devastating impact of the cost of living crisis on disabled people’s mental health and the ability to pay bills for disabled people.

There are 14.1m disabled people in the UK, and 52% are employed. The survey was designed to identify if people are working or looking for work and how the cost of living crisis might impact their decisions around work.

More analysis and results from the survey will be released in the New Year.

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*Disability Price Tag research by Scope